Sauth's Crusade Against Pellagra.
Spread of the Dread Malady of Mysterous Origin
Causes AlarmCase Found In New. York Mors
Than 500 F.ound In South Carolina Alone Tho
Damaged Corn Theory!.. . . :
The physicians of tho South have a
now enemy to deal with In pellagra, a
disease which has never appeared in
this country until recently, but which
has prevailed for a long time in Italy,
Roumania, France, Spain, Corfu and
Upper Egy.pt. It has often been re
ported in other European countries
besides those mentioned, and is oc
casionally heard jot In India, Africa,
Mexico and South America. At least
one case has been discovered In New
York, according to Passed Assistant
Surgeon C. II. Lavlnder, of the Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service.
The spread of thlB disease in the
Southern States has been rapid and
alarming, and has been the subject
of several conforenceaand conventions
of physicians in the last few months.
In spite of tho generally accepted the
ory that the dreaded ailment conies
from eating, spoiled mnlzo, It Is the
opinion of a great many physicians
that Its origin is still a mystery. All
are agreed that determined efforts
must be made to stamp it out In the
South.
Dr. Lavlnder, In an official report
made to the Government after an ex
haustive study of the disease abroad,
says that the literature on the subject
in English Is very meagre and unsat
isfactory. "More or less recently," he says,
"there has appeared In the Southern
States a disease which Is possibly true
pellagra, and there is reason for be
lieving that perhaps this disease may
be quite prevalent, but unrecognized.
Slnce'it is of a serious nature,' and
epidemic In character, knowledge con
cerning it Is becoming of much Im
portance to the American physician,
and more especially to the practition
er In the Southern States."
Dr. Lavlnder summarizes the symp
toms of the disease as follows:
"Pellagra is both an endemic and
epidemic disease, which occurs In
those who teed on spoiled maize, and
Is characterized by an erythema of
the skin, digestive disturbances and
nervous disturbances. It may ter
minate In such serious conditions as
grave cachexia or Insanity; It Is
periodic in its manifestations, and
usually appears with the beginning
of spring, ameliorates during sum
mer, and ordinarily In winter the
symptoms disappear to Buch an ex
tent as often .to give the false Idea of
' recovery. So long as the cause per
sists,, however, It reappears each year.
"The disease usually begins with
gastro-intestinal disturbances, fol
lowed shortly by the erythema of the
skin, and In a brief while there la
more or less Involvement of .the ner
vous system. It is a slowly advancing
toxemia, the brunt of which, In the
end, Is borne by the nervous system,
and each annual recurrence leaves a
deeper and more Indelible mark on
the mental and nervous condition of
the sufferer.
"The symptoms are divided by
most authors Into three periods or
stages. Many other divisions have
been suggested. None seem entirely
satisfactory. The division Into three
stages, while artificial, Is convenient
and is generally adopted. Such a di
vision has no reference to the length
of time the malady has existed, but
is based largely on the Intensity of
existing symptoms. A patient may
have suffered from pellagra for many
years and still remain In the first
Btage-of .the disease; whereas another,
In a much briefer period, may ad
vance to the third stage.
"The disease is essentially chronic,
although an acute (or florid) type is
usually mentioned by writers on pel
lagra. Small space seems to be de
voted to any description of acute
types, however, and one Is left to in
fer that the acute disease does not
differ In symtomatology , from the
chronic, but that It is simply far more
rapid in Its evolution."
The most important conference on
pellagra in this country was that
held some months ago under the
auspices of the State Board of Health
of South Carolina at the State Hos
pital for the Insane. The transac
tions of the conference, including all
the papers read, have just been issued
by the State Company, printers, Col
umbia, S. C. Many of the addresses
had been reprinted previously In the
Journal of the South Carolina Med
ical Association.
At this conference the disease was
discussed in all its aspects, and every
. effort was made to dispel the mystery
surrounding Its origin.
The contribution of Dr. John Mc
Campbell, Superintendent of the State
Hospital at Morganton, N. C, is im
portant He says:
"I suppose that no one any longer
seriously doubts the existence of pel
. lagra iff the South. Sufficient and In
disputable evidence has been brought
forward to establish this fact beyond
peradventure. It will be noticed
further that practically all reports of
cases have been made within the last
eighteen .months, indicating , that it
lias '.made its appearance in recent
years," since it is not at all likely that
the . medical profession would. long
overlook or fail to diagnose a disease
' so distinctive In character and so fatal
In effect. . ,
"Tffe ' question naturally arises,
Why this invasion? So 'far as I am
able to determine, practically all au
thorities on. the subject attribute the
disease- to the use of damaged corn
M an article of diet that Is, corn
which .. has.. undergone some change,
probably ' putrefactive or ferment
ative, since' found corn nevdr pro
duces it. f . ' . ?
"Now it is well known that corn
and its products have always figured
largely In the diet of the people of
the South, perhaps more so lu the
past than at present, yet there was a
comparative exemption from pellagra
until recently. Granting that the dis
ease is with us,, and probably of re
cent appearance, and that It is due
to the ingestion of damaged corn, we,
in our prophylactic effortB, would
naturally look to the quality of our
corn and determine, if possible, why
It contains this toxic substance.
"It has occurred, to me, and hence
my thory, that our present manner
of harvesting may have something to
do with it. Under the present-day
methods of Intensive farming it is a
very common practice to cut the corn,
Btalk and all, at the ground, often in
a Btate of Immaturity i in . order that
the ground may be planted with some
other crop, usually what or rye, and
this corn is packed wet and possibly
green In a shock, where conditions
are favorable for fermenting and
heating, and possibly the' develop
ments of the products would give
rise, when eaten, to the disease.
"Further confirmation of this the
ory Is found in the fact that in Italy,
and especially In the Lombardy and
Piedmont districts, the hot-bed of
pellagra, the manner of harvesting
corn is somewhat similar to that now
prevailing in this country, inasmuch
as owing to climatic conditions, it is
necessary to gather corn in a partial
ly green state, or at least in a condi
tion necessitating further drying; and
I understand the Italian Government
has Issued special instructions for
this procedure, recognizing that it
was from a faulty curing process that
the poison developed."
Dr. J. H. Taylor, of Columbia, S.
C, summarized the following points
against the maize theory:
"The cultivation and extensive use
of maize antedates by about 200
years .the appearance of pellagra in
Italy.
"There are extensive regions to
day where pellagra is rampant, but
where corn is neither Brown nor
eaten, while, on the other hand, there
are large areas where this cereal is
tho principal article of diet, with all
Its fungi and bacterid, but pellagra
Is unknown.
"The disease shows a 'tendency to
spread slowly but widely, and inde
pendently of maize cultivation and
maize theories.'
"It attacks chiefly persons of the
rural districts, and seldom those in
towns, though both use maize as a
staple article of diet; and, again, of
Individuals In the same household,
living under identical food conditions,
often only one is attacked, the others
remaining absolutely free of symp
toms. "If due, as claimed, to a toxlne,
then children should, as in ergotism,
be most often attacked. On the con
trary, the adult is by great odds the
principal sufferer from pellagra."
Dr. J. V. Babcock, of Columbia,
S. C, who, was a classmate of ex
Presldent' Roosevelt at Harvard,
says:
"We have reported 187 cases, the
distribution of which indicates that
the disease prevails in nearly every
county in the State (South Carolina).
Making allowance for possible dupli
cation of cases in the reports re
ceived, and considering the number
of physicians who did not reply, we
believe a conservative estimate would
place the number of cases of pellagra
in South Carolina at about 600."
Safety in Eminence.
"Even in case of an accident," says
the Philosopher of Folly, "the man
who has climbed .the highest is bound
to fall on top of the heap."
England's exports to Argentina last
year were larger, than Its exports to
Brazil and Chile combined. . ' .
Every employe In the Bank of Eng
land is required to sign his namo in
a book on his arrival In the morn
ing, and, if late, must give the reason
therefor.
Concrete itself is very old. The
concrete stairs of Colchester and
Rochester castles still show the marks
of the Incasing boards; the dome ot
Agrlppa's Pantheon, which is 142 feet
in diameter, la of concrete, and frag
ments of concrete buildlngB are found
in Mexico and Peru.
French walnut growers In the
neighborhood of Grenoble have
formed an association to maintain
the reputation and guarantee the
quality of the walnuts commonly
known as "Grenobles."
There are 157,000 models In the
Patent Office which are about to be
lodged in the National Museum.
Many of them are of historic interest.
They will be under the care ot the
Commissioner of Patents.
i The University of Breslau has made
an arrangement with an insurance
company whereby each student pays
thlrtylx cents twice a year to be ln
suredValnst accidents occurring In
line of
the :
duty.
Dr. Charles Perrler, In an article
based on observations made in French
penal Institutions, says that criminals
are for the most part of medium
height. Thieves, he says, he found
to be almost exclusively ot small
stature and beggars nearly always of
medium or slightly under that height,
"It is seldom," he says, "that a fully
developed beggar can be found In a
large frame."
New York City has more than 10,
000,000 electric lights in Its streets.
The magnetic needle never points
exactly north In New York City. The
nearest It ever gets Is about four and
one-half degrees west ot north, and
from that to nine degrees west. It
was in Us most easterly position in
1803, and will attain its most wester
ly position about 1923.
Weather records show that Septem
ber is New York City's most pleasant
month. In thirty-nine years Septem
ber has had one-fifth more pleasant
days than any other month, and more
days of balmy air than any of the
others can claim, notwithstanding the
reputation ot May..
Clock For Hotel Guests Only.
A New England man tells of an el
derly citizen of a New Hampshire
town who long bore the reputation ot
being the meanest man in the coun
try. This old chap was the proprie
tor of a hotel, the rules whereof pro
vided that everything should be kept
under lock and key, the result ot
which was that no hanger-on could
get his hands on a newspaper, a bit
of hotel stationary, a free wash, or,
in fact, anything free at all. To cap
the climax the old man one day came
In and posted the following notice
above the only clock In the place:
"This clock is for use of hotel
guests only." Detroit Free Press.
Glory.
How many metals make the bronze
of Corinth? Insults on boards or on
paper, the spot of ink or charcoal or
mud, the dregs of heart, of mind and
of body, the dirt of calumny, all
these, under the sun, dry, harden,
turn unto bronze solid and brilliant
a pure bronze, which Is called
glory! Catulle Mendes.
FUN OF GLOUCESTER FISHERFOLK
Lead a Strenuous Life, Yet Have Plenty oi
Good Hearty Diversion.
To be leader of tho Gloucester fish
ing fleet is no small honor. Tho ves
sel which has taken the first place 'on
many a trip to the Grand Banks has
recently been sold, and with the Inde
pendence -II. the "Pride of Glouces
ter" has departed. A newspaper line
or two bearing the intelligence, mod
estly tucked away among the more
prominent paragraphs of dally doings
suddenly opens a vista in the mental
view of the reader, and his thoughts
go out, as it were, in the long sea
wake of those stanch little vessels
and their sturdy crews. It is a stren
uous life these fishermen lead, full
o'f dangers and tragedies, yet it has a
bright side, for wherever a grdup of
healthy New ; Ehglanders wqrlc to
gether In the open there is sure1 to be
plenty of hearty fun. A. W. Dimock,
writing in the Outlook, gives a
glimpse of the humor of these Glou
cester flsherfolk.
These fishermen are not story-book
sailors. When I was seasick no one
was amuse I was coddled and
cared for, Tind plenty- ot ' fruit and
sympathy administered.
The men were intelligent and with
a good tense of humor. A careless
man at the wheel was asked If he
was "trying to tie knots in the wake."
One who drew the long bow was
warned that if he told a certain story
too often he would "get to believing
It himself."'
' One day our captain was bothered;
'a thick fog hid everything, and the
.log was all wrong.
"Well," he remarked to the log,
."according to you we are twenty
miles inland and liable to run down a
church any minute!"
' This same captain is capable ot en
Joying a practical joke even When It
turns into a boomerang and hits him
self.' One time he entered a harbor
during k blow in advance of the fleet,
closely followed by a captain -who
had never before made that harbor.
The. first captain sailed across the
mouth, then, tacking, began to zigzag
as if ( following a tortuous channel.
The greon captain fallowed the, first
course, then sailed for the middle of
the harbor straight over all.ttie im
aginary obstacles, and was' the ftfst
to anchor. "
It was a long time before the prac
tical joker, hoist by his own petard,
heard tho last ot the episode. ,
Commissioners' Statement
OF TEE
Finances of Jefferson County
For the Year 1908.
AMOUNT OUTSTANDING 1002, 1004, 1003, lOOO AND 1007.
, : 1
Tear, District and Collector.
1903" Polk ATlT'tockworf'cF
14 Harnett W. A. Wallace
1906 Harnett W. A. Wallace
1906 Hrookvllle John II. Blilck
1906 Clover N. A. McLaughlin
1905 Polk A. L. Lockwood
1900 Harnett W. A. Wallace
1906 Oliver J. - A. Oelst
1906 Plnecreek John Hatten
1906 Polk A. L. Lockwood
1907 Harnett H. L. Aa-new
11107 Henderson J. W. liana;
1907 Oliver ;.J. A. GelHt
1907 Plnecreek John Hatten
1907 Polk A. L. Lockwood
1907 Heynoldsvllle Wm. Copplns
1907 Summervllle ...... O. 8. Wampler
1907 Kykesvllle J. P. Weber
1907 West lteynoldsvtlle W. D. StaulTer
1907 Worthvllle S. P. Wonderllng
Total outstanding 1907 and previous:
County
3
175
190
123
164
81
183
26
66
66
82
216
246
117
153
404
17
17
1
2287
Poor
i 4
87
35
70
56
23
49
86
89
67
24
73
110
89
61
103
Dond
r 383
44 07
35 95
70 17
65 49
23 7
16 70
22 4!
21 90
19 74
8 89
24 16
35 87
12 97
17 04
25 70
1 0
1 85
1
State
1 Do
I
I 1 98 S 5 60
29 00
17 16 9 90
123 06 23 17
27 79 4 95
14 08 9 35
21 42 8 80
6 71 22 00
8 05 87 40
8 40 8 80
7 00
23 18 14 04
10 63 12 00
3 24 16 00
3 10 6 02
11 17 9 80
10 52
1 00
80 877 i 440 77 90 49 223 73
AMOUNT OUTSTANDING FOH 1D0S.
Year, District and Collector.
Harriett H. L. Agnew
Hell A. J. Oralllus
HIr rtun A. O. Anderson
Urockwayvllle O. W. Nelson
Hrookvllle E. Q. Heasley
Clover J. D. Hetrlck
Kldred W. M. Wilson
Falls Creek D. C. Smith
Gasklll G. A. Keller
Heath Martin Dlsque
Henderson J. W. Haas;
Knox, O. C. Stewart
McCalmont W. D. Wachob
Oliver ....J. A. Gelst
Perry 8. L. Stewart
Plneoreek John Hatten
Polk .'. A. L. Lockwood
Porter Chas. Miller
Punxsutawney, 1, 2, 8, 4 H. II. McHenry
PunxRUtnwney, 6, 6 Jas. 8. Lockard
lieynoldsvllle Wm. Copplnn;
Hose A. 8. Klouse
Hnyder C. M. Prlndle
Hummervllle O. S. Wampler
fiykesvllle J. F. Weber
ifnlnn G. O. Aaron
Warsaw It. W. Wells
Washington J. J. Sterrett
West lieynoldsvllle W. B. Stauftflr
Wlnslow Amos Btrouse
Worthvllle 8. P. Wonderllnn
Young F. C. Huug
Total amounts outstanding for 1908:
County Poor Bond State Dog
f 1027 S 6 88 l8 01 S l 865
469 89 90 65 112 23 9 15 88 60
178 36 85 93 17 73 15 99 10 60
216 91 43 95 19 88 29 70 19 00
822 01 1C4 43 83 6') 96 03 13 00
142 52 29 08 14 61 3 00 8 60
828 25 64 41 33 09 38 13 85 50
490 15 97 72 49 35 7 25 10 00
162 90 80 67 12 66 26 47 24 00
4 11 11 71 3 31 8 65 8 77
884 83 176 82 88 64 121 14 44 60
464 41 90 92 47 43 10 44 64 99
1026 68 207 70 104 29 83 IT 138 00
482 93 103 29 61 83 27 09 29 50
150 29 60 32 31 40 8 40 18 60
449 4R 90 42 45 31 9 44 83 60
236 65 47 52 23 76 6 44 14 00
131 87 26 11 13 00 11 00
2163 16 437 94 220 27 257 81 46 60
812 66 161 94 82 39 34 62 88 60
1328 26 263 42 131 61 91 24 43 00
619 82 103 26 60 71 25 20 38 00
420 61 84 60 42 12 11 43 63 60
62 06 12 33 6 00 2 40 2 00
297 44 60 97 30 63 14 60 83 60
152 60 34 30 15 95 3 00 17 00
872 77 174 25 87 33 23 88 42 00
533 35 104 18 62 69 32 86 89 60
134 11 27 12 13 46 8 57 12 00
2119 15 474 53 238 50 8 76 92 00
21 26 4 5.1 48 50
84504 19834 10404 776411515
1 1 0923 3 0 1 3 5 2 0 1 4 1 1 8 3 5 6 7 1 1025 JO 1 1100 91
ltecelpa nnd Expenditures for 1008.
County.
RECEIPTS.
Amt. In Treasury January 1,
. If08 2.741 65
Amt. 1908 State Tax 7,963 90
Outstanding tax, 1900 and
previous 613 83
uuiHinnums; tax, 1907, coun
tv and Rtntn
Taxes 1908
Kented tax lien record'..,.
Unseated tax lien record...
Interest on unseated
Hotel llconses
ltedemptlons
Com. conts and fines
Returned tax
state personal tax re
turned Jury foes
Miscellaneous receipts
State for Primary Election,
January, 1908
State for Trlmary Election
April, juua
Temporary loan
State for Agriculture Asso
ciation Bent from John W. Walker.
State for noxloiiR animals..
Amt. due Treasurer exclusive
of Treasurer's percentage
as may ue legally deter
mined
EXPENDITURES.
12.107 58
45,917 24
270 17
2,860 19
48 23
1,065 00
3ii8 61
2,792 04
147 63
State tax outstanding 1908.. 1,025 40
Amt. due for cement, J. O.
Campboll 49 60
Amt. due for bridge, Forest
county 75 74
Amt. due for bridge, Gocella
Snnd Stone Co 303 42
Amt. due from ground rent,
Hrookvllle borough 40 00
Amt. due from state, pro
bates 1,113 00
Amt. due from state, forest
tires 1.009 11
In-
Auditors' pay
Allegheny County Work
house
Auditing Reg, and Pro. ao
counts
Appropriation to G. A. R. for
.Memorial uay
Blank books and stationery.
Bar Association Com. fines..
Building scaffold
Bridges and bridge repairs.,
Burlnl of indigent soldiers..
Court Crier
Clothing for prisoners
Constable returns
Care of ballot boxes
Care of clock
Commissioners' pay
J. N. Kelly
J. S. Barr
E. T. McGaw
Commonwealth bills
Commissioners' Clerk
County Superintendent
Discharged cases and
quests
District Attorney
Disinfectant
Delivering ballots
Dog tax
Directors Association ..
Express
Election bills, February
Election bills. November
Election booths
Fuel and light
Freight and hauling ....
Furniture
Fire and gnme wardens' bills
Fair Association
Head stones for- soldiers
Insurance
Interpreter's fees
Jurors
Grand Petit
Traverse
Janitor's pay
Jury Commissioners ....
Jail physician
Livery hire
Lockup fees
Labor
Medicine for prisoners .
MalB for Jurors
Markers for soldiers' graves
penitentiary dhis
Prothonotary's bills
Postage and box rent
Probates and fees
Printing bills
Primary election, January...
Primary election, April
Reform schools
Repairs to court, house and
Jn
Register and recorder
Renairlnflr nrlsoners' shoes . .
Rent for District Attorney's
ofllce
Road arid bridge views ....
Rent for telephones
Refunding orders redeemed
RMilemntions Daid
Registrars of vital statistics
Repairing pike ....
StAnmrranhers
Supplies, court house and jail
(menus runs
State road
State tax
Transcribing records
TnlAsmnn
Traveling expenses and mile
age
Tipstaves
Watei1 Tent . .
Miscellaneous
" 7,162 99
4 00
47 46
1,636 69
1.949 07
10,000 00
812 65
60 00
812 00
3,204 79
$102,680 62
$ 4,525 54
282 00
495 00
60 00
220 00
910 84
327 50
44 58
, 24 292 69
650 00
234 00
71 00
609 19
179 00
60 00
800 00
1,000 00
800 00
6,256 53
1,000 00
200 00
' 629 90
1,250 00
25 00
83 77
3A 75
100 00
9 34
1.886 41
1,901 20
180 81
, 1,279 02
42 93
81 88
I 1,506 17
812 65
105 00
63 00
297 24
1,829 93
4.013 56
2,343 94
480 00
121 80
175 00
84 00
153 95
65 50
8 35
98 20
I 53 80
'1,268 12
827 60
203 01
1.458 00
1,632 641
1,629 44
1,947 97
608 33
126 63
16 10
14 15
' 100 00
705 77
223 30
124 16
817 05
I 658 75
595 01
969 76
I 221 29
3.340 96
2.471 49
9.550 66
567 40
44 60
' 121 80
604 60
t 10,166 67
, 330 00
96 80
Total f 23,117
. LIABILITIES.
Amt. due on Forest Hill
bridge (Toby Creek)
Amt. due on Melzer stone
work (Forest Hill bridge)
Amt. due on Aliens' Mills
bridge, Rogers Bros'. . . .
Amt. due on South Ponn
bridge, Punxsutawney....
Amt. due on salary of A. B.
Stewart, Atty
Amt. due on forest fires...
Amt. due on miscellaneous
bills
Amt. due treasurer, exclusive
of treasurers' percentage
as may be legally deter
mined -
Assets over liabilities
1,949 00
648 78
600 00
7,879 00
250 00
982 05
...4,143 24
3.204 79
3.661 00
Total $ 23,117
Receipts and Expenditures for 1008.
Poor Fnnil.
RECEIPTS.
Amt. In Treas. last settle-
Outstanding tax, 1907 and
previous
Taxes 1908
Unseated tax lien record ....
Seated tax Hen record
Interest on unseated tax ...
Care of Inmates
State aid for nine months ...
Exoneration of tax
Rent for houses on Co. Home
farm
Fines
Amt. reed, for produce on
county rarm
U. S. Dept. Commerce & La
bor for transfer of inmates
Total I 31
EXPENDITURES.
RlRcksmlthlng
Burial expenses
Commissioners' pay
J. N. Kelly
J. 8. Barr
K. T McGaw
Disinfectant
Drugs
Freight and hauling
Feed
Flour
Fertilizer
Fuel and light
Gns and oil
Coal
Groceries, provisions, misc..
Butter
Coffee
Sugar
Tobacco
Hospital bills
Warren
Polk
Dixmont
Wernersvllle
Livery hire
Labor
Outside relief
Orders of relief and Insanity
certificates
Plumbing and repairs .. ..
Printing
Rent
Shoes and clothing -
Supplies
I Seeds and plants
Stock
Cattle Hogs
Salaries
S. M. Shields. Supt. ...
Myrtle Shields, Matron.
M. M. Haugh
Elizabeth McCullough.
Dr. H. P. Thompson . . .
Rev. Bartlett
Thos. Hetrlck
Merle Shobert
N. E. Oak
Mary Steele'
Golda Geist
Wages
Telephone
Traveling expenses an
transporting inmates....
VataHnllTV nurfireon
Treasurer's per cent, receiv
ing $18,527.39 -.
Treasurer's per cent, paying
out 116.640.07 ............
Amt In treasury, which In
cludes percentage as may
be legally determined..
t 12.906 86
1
4.391 43
9,074 77
809 52
75 87
10 15
1.464 61
2.566 63
2 34
! 42 00
20 36
' 36 80
i 42 86
I 81,434 25
84 50
93 00
200 00
200 00
200 00
6 25
131 47
80 64
37 70
651 57
351 98
953 02
227 75
1,410 50
650 05
193 91
200 26
134 44
2,974 25
300 00
288 50
78 68
48 00
84 80
2.098 92
173 37
343 27
5 00
16 00
496 79
518 89
129 95
63 00
25 00
800 00
200 Off
480 00
150 00
200 00
60 00
250 00
300.00
60 00
, ' 205 00
45 60
111 60
1 33
382 86
15 00
14.894 18
Total 4 $102,680 62
'" r i , , ' - -
I . Central Statement. , , ,
I ASSETS. .
County tax outstanding, 1907
Total,' ..v I SU34 23
General Statement.
- ASSETS.
. Poor tax outstanding. 4907
' and nrevlous
. .r - . ii i (1 A a
.nri' nrovlnna I 1.287 80 foor lax OUUMiiuiui, .,,.
a mitstanrtlng. 1907 . and previous .......... . . .. ...
and'Pievious .....7. 290-49 Amt. due rrom stare, in.ur-
CounTyVaxouTstandlniisOS: 1.21 80 anca at County Horn.....
$77 51
88S $
Amt. due from Clearfield
County Poor District ltttl
Cash In treasury, Including
treasurer'! percentage ... 14.894 It
Total $ Z.41 11
LIABILITIES.
Amt. due on salaries 04 ff
Miscellaneous bill unpaid... 3,10141
Assets over liabilities 16.231 U
Total, .....$ 20.141 M
Poor ntiltdlna- Fund.
. RECEIPTS.
Outstanding tax, 1907 and
previous $ 1.531 It
Outstanding tnx 1908 4,487 It
Unseated tax lien record .... 103 2
Seated tax Hen record 61 14
Interest on unseated tax ... I II
Amt. due treasure'r, exclu- '
slva of "percentage . K 44
Total, (.....$ 7,015 4t
' EXPENDITURES.
Coupons redeemed 2,140 It
Amt. due treasurer last set
tlement 4,011 4
Total $ 7.036 41
General Statement.
ASSETS.
Poor building tax outstand
ing, 1907 and previous.... 448 7T
Poor building tax outstand
ing 1908 1.835.67
Liabilities over assets 72.781 6
Total, $ 75.0(0
LIABILITIES.
Bonds outstanding $ 75.000 ft
Interest on bonds 60 CO
Total $ 76,060 tt
Inventory of Produce and Stock Rala4L
Bushels of wheat 192, bushels of rya
73, bushels of corn 1,307, bushela of
buckwheat 225, bushels of oata 1,118,
bushels of potatoes 700, tone of ensil
age 80, tons of hay 100, tons of straw
80, bundles of fodder 1,700, pounj of .
pork 8.582, pounds of beef 8,249, heads
of cabbage 1,200, heads of lettuce 1,806,
bushels of beets 40, bushels of beans 16,
bushels of peas 20, bushels of carrots
80, bushels of parsnips 16, bushela of
sweet corn 25, bushels of tomatoes 10,
bushels of rutabagas 36, bushels of tur
nips 25, bushels of cucumbers 20, bush
els of onions 25, bushels of onion seta)
2, barrels of pickles 2, gallons of apple
butter 61, dozens of eggs 642.
Live stock on the farm January 1,
1909, 4 -horses, 14 cows, 1 bull, 11 young
cattle, t calves, 19 shoats, chickens.
JEFFERSON COUNTY,- SS: .
Pursuant to law, we the undersigned
Commissioners of Jefferson county,
publish the foregoing statement of the
receipts and expenditures of said coun
ty for the year 1908, and also present
the assets and liabilities of the county
on the 1st day of January, 1901.
Witness our hands and seals of of .
flea this 6th day of April, 1901.
A. F. RE1TZ, (Seal)
E. T. McOAW, (Seal)
J. N. KELLY, (Seal)
Attest: Commissioners.
W. A. KELLY, Clerk.
BUSINESS CARDS.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Pension Attorney and ReaUEstata Aseatw
JAYMOXD E. BROWN,
attorney at law,
Bkookvillk, Pa.
m. Mcdonald,
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
Rk1 estate agent, patents secured, eat
ctlnns rmt()e promptly. Ollice la ByodleaM
Mildlog, lieynoldsvllle. Pa.
3M11 H M. McCKEIGHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Notary public and real estate scent. OoV
lection tv 111 recti re prompt Attention. Oflo
In the Keynoldsville Hardware Go. bulldlaa,
UmIu street Keynoldsvllle.Pa.
t) K. B. E. HOOVER,
DENTIST,
Resident dontlst. In the Hoover buildlM
Ham street. Gentleness In operating.
DR. L. L. MEANS,
DENTIST;
Office on second floor ot the First Sattaaal
bank building, Main street.
D'R. R- DeVERE KINO,
DENTIST, .
offlVe on second floor of the Syndicate kail 4
jig, Main street, Keynoldsvllle, Pa.
HENRY PRIESTER '
UNDERTAKER.
Black and white funeral cars. Mala straws,
ReynoldsTllle, Pa.
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.
Mrs. T. P. O'Connor arrived fa
America to establish a depot for tho
tale of Irish peasant Industries. i
There are now 667 women stu
dents in the University ot Glasgow. ';
This is the greatest number on rec '
ord.
According to a New Jersey manu
facturer New York women wear
smaller gloves than the women of
Chicago and St. Louis.
Mrs. Claudia Halns told the Dis
trict Attorney of Queens County, N.
Y., that she would testify at her hus
band's trial for murder.
Mrs. Zelia Nuttall went to Mexico
as field director of the Reid-Crocker
expedition, which is excavating the
Pyramids of the Sun and Moon.
Mrs. Justin McCarthy has told how
Thomas Parnell gravely checked her
stirring coffee "the wrong way" and
Insisted that she should take another
cup.
Mrs. Anita D. Hamilton escaped
from a relative and nurse and leaped
to death from the ninth floor of tbe
Coronet apartment building. New
York City.
Misses Ethel A. and Florence M.
Colford, twin sisters, lawyers at
Washington, D. C, were admitted to
practice before the United States Su
preme Court.
Florence Alice Whaley, a thirteen-year-old
school-girl, of San Diego,
California, has been awarded, by tho
Carnegie ' hero fund commission, a
gold medal and $2000.
Mrs. Nancy M. Johnson, of Wash
ington, D. C, was the first person to
take out a patent for an ice cream1
treescr. She took out the patents In
1843 and sold the rights for $41,500.
The appointment of the Baroness
Elizabeth Rosen, daughter of tho
Russian Ambassador, to the United!
States, as maid of honor to their Ma
jesties, the Empresses, was announced
at St. Petersburs.
'
. They have ibeen gobbling land so
last jn Oklahoma, excjalms the Atlan
ta Constitution, an earthquake would
n't find enough business there to In
terest K. .